"After speaking to the other
angels on the team, I hang up my cell and sigh. No one's heard from Aaden in
months. This bothers me not only as the leader but as his girl--well if I was
his girl--which I'm not. Great. Now on top of being grounded, I'm
sitting here acting girly and needy. Argh!!!

Screw this! I start to head
downstairs to plead my case to my parents again, when something out the window
catches my eye. I lean in closer to get a good look. What I see astounds me:
soundlessly and without hesitation, the humans line up and jump off the roof
one at a time..."

PLEASE
NOTE: This book contains a scene in chapter 12 that is for mature audiences
only. Readers can skip this chapter without missing any info vital to the plot.

Lola was seven when she first
came to this country from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She attended Columbia College
in Chicago, where her main focus was creative writing. In addition to plays,
she also writes screenplays and short stories.

She has been commissioned to
write for ABC, CBS and Princeton University. She won the NAACP award for her
play "The Bones of Lesser Men". In addition to being nominated for LA
Weekly awards. Her work has also received positive reviews from The LA Times,
Variety and LA Weekly.